Cauldron of Souls

Artifact

{T}: Choose any number of target creatures. Each of those creatures gains persist until end of turn. (When is put into the graveyard from the battlefield, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

seshiro_of_the_orochi on A Girl Has No Name

2 months ago

Massacre Girl is such an awesome card. I'm currently playing her in Elenda, the Dusk Rose as a powerhouse wipe. If you want to flicker her, Cauldron of Souls is one of the few ways to do it in mono-B.

plakjekaas on Favorite creature recursion in Rakdos

4 months ago

Thrilling Encore

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Cauldron of Souls

nhhale on Ganax, a Haunted One

4 months ago

Excellent use of my two favorite artifacts in the same deck, Cauldron of Souls and Cryptic Gateway!

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Commanders that can take advanmtage …

4 months ago

You could go massacre tribal with Massacre Girl at the helm and Massacre Wurm in the 99. Play Blade of the Bloodchief, even though that doesn't work with Meathook, it works great with MG. Revel in Riches is insane ramp with a wincon stapled on. Cauldron of Souls even reanimates your creatures.

Virlym on Death's Playground

5 months ago

@dacardgabo Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Phyrexian Obliterator are two that I've been leaning towards putting in (or back in when it comes to the Phyrexian Obliterator). My current edge cards are Yahenni, Undying Partisan (just kinda falls short of the other 2 tbh), Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon (they generally cause a lot of hate to be directed towards me even tho I love skippy to death), Torment of Hailfire (just a stale way to win due to how common of a wincon it is for black), Praetor's Grasp (it's fun and stayed in since I cracked a foil back in the day, but it's hard to use on spelltable and ppl generally just don't like u taking things. Note, you can exile a combo card even if you never plan on using it), and the tutors Beseech the Queen and Grim Tutor (70% of the time, they just find land or a targeting permanent, but I would rather them just be better draw spells). I just haven't found anything personally interesting enough to put in for them yet.

Profane Command's last ability allows you to target multiple creatures to kill with Horobi, Death's Wail similar to how Touch of Darkness and Cauldron of Souls work, but requires mana for each target. The third ability gives you a way to get around indestructible. The other two options are more niche and game state specific, but are still nice modes to throw onto a card that already fits the game plan.

Necromancy is a general good-stuff card. It targets things in the graveyard so it won't kill them with Horobi, Death's Wail (as they are already dead when the target happens, and just become attached when they enter the battlefield. Similar to how Gift of Doom can be attached to Horobi, Death's Wail if you morph it). I generally just play it if I wanna bring back something big for value (like Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni) or flash it in to grab a sneaky blocker.

Darksteel Ingot is decent because my friends like to just blow everything up. There's a lot of Vandalblasts, Bane of Progresses, Aura Shards, etc. But Relic of Legends is perfectly fine as the second ability doesn't actually target what it taps. And you have it right, it is still a mana ability, so you can use it at any time you would have priority. Do note that the ability is coming from the Relic of Legends itself, so you can tap a creature with summoning sickness for it too.

Lol, I'm glad other ppl are using Mimic Vat. It was always a pet card of mine. Super fun when you can throw a Phyrexian Metamorph under it. Or cheat the trigger by ending the turn with Sundial of the Infinite so you can keep the token.

Orange+ on Horobi and the Wailers ~100$

7 months ago

Hi, KongMing and Profet93.

Lately, Ive started killing Horobi, Death's Wail in addition to the opponents boards on the turn that I play it. Forge of Heroes would in those cases not be very useful for killing other commanders. It does however give me another option for killing Horobi myself (alongside High Market).

Im not sure suiciding Horobi is good in every case. But often, if I can cast something like a Touch of Darkness, my creatures are the only ones left on the battlefield. If Horobi stays in play during the following turns, my board does usually empty pretty quick from all kinds of targeting effects from my opponents. This is a motivator for playing suicide Horobi.

Profet93, lol, you cant just tell me that a card 15 times the monetary value is better than something I play, and expect it to be a good suggestion. If I didnt play budget I wouldnt play 90% of the cards in this deck. But I would also not be playing an original deck. Im obviously not gonna use Cruel Tutor. And if I did want to spend the money, I would much rather just play Demonic Tutor.

So the budet noted for this deck is currently "~100$ total, max 5$ per card (with exceptions)". I would not make exceptions for generally good cards, or good staples. When I do make exceptions, it might be because I really enjoy playing a card, but more often because its a piece that is just essential to play with the theme. If you sort this deck by Card Kingdom prices, you'll see that the only two cards over 5$ are Touch of Darkness and Cauldron of Souls. These cards are exceptional fits with Horobi, and the deck would really suffer by taking them out.

Thanks for your suggestions

Barbarian_Sun_Pope on Mardu Samurai Tribal V2

8 months ago

No problem =). Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure Cauldron of Souls doesn't work with exile effects because the creatures have to hit the graveyard for persist to take effect. That being said, it's still a pretty good deterrent for attackers if they know that only your creatures will survive the exchange.

PyroPenguinss on Mardu Samurai Tribal V2

8 months ago

Barbarian_Sun_Pope I really like the Cauldron of Souls and Duelist's Heritage suggestions. Especially since I believe cauldron would work against mass exile too? Double strike is always solid especially since part of the deck has kind of an exalted theme to it. I'm only a little hesitant with Fell the Mighty because I feel like I might already have too many wipes in the deck with Damn, Farewell, and Merciless Eviction plus the assorted single target stuff. It might be a little bit of meta gaming but I know a friend of mine plays ninjas and elves so I think they also have a lot of creatures with little power it wouldn't catch. I'll see if I can move anything around for those 2 though thank you!